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Plum liqueur and tincture are very easy and affordable to prepare at home. As an alcohol base, vodka, alcohol or moonshine is used.
For the preparation of plum drinks, it is better to take sweet and slightly overripe fruits. If we talk about varieties, then the most suitable are Mirabelle, Canadian, Hungarian and Renklod.
Also made from plums: wine, liqueurs
Plum liqueur without vodka
Pitted plums should be removed as they can be bitter, but this does not apply to recipes where pits are added to enhance flavor.
Ingredients
Pitted plum – 6 kg
Granulated sugar – 2,8 kg
Water – 3 glasses
Method of preparation
Plums must be washed, cut into small pieces, add sugar and water. Mix everything thoroughly and transfer to a large glass bottle.
We fix gauze or a bandage on the neck and hide the vessel for a couple of days in a dark and warm place.
When signs of fermentation appear (sour smell or foam), instead of gauze, you need to put a water seal or a clean glove with a small hole in your finger. And again we send to a dark and warm place.
When the liqueur finishes fermenting, it is necessary to filter it through a homemade or purchased filter.
We pour the finished plum liqueur into glass bottles and insist for another 60 days, but only in a cool place, preferably in the cellar. After that, you can safely proceed to the tasting of the drink. Shelf life is not more than 2 years.
Plum tincture with vodka
Ingredients
Pitted plum – 3 kg
Granulated sugar – 500 g
Vodka – 500 g
Method of preparation
Cut the prepared plums into small pieces and put everything in a glass bowl alternating layers with sugar. Leave the plums with sugar for a day until the juice appears, periodically shaking the jar.
The next day, pour vodka to the plums, the alcohol should completely cover the fruit. Then we send it to infuse in a dark cool place for 30 days.
A month later, we filter the plum tincture through a home-made or purchased filter and pour it into glass bottles. Store in refrigerator or cellar.
Plum tincture with honey
In this recipe, you can replace honey with granulated sugar, or take in equal proportions of both. You can also use moonshine instead of vodka.
Ingredients
Ripe plum – 3 kg
Pitted plums – 20 pcs.
Alcohol 95,6% – 1,5 l
Honey – 750 g
Vodka – 1 l
Method of preparation
Wash the plums well and remove the pits.
We wrap 20 seeds in gauze or a bandage and put them on the bottom of a glass container in which the tincture will be infused.
Then lay out the slices of plums and fill everything with alcohol and leave for 6 weeks in a dark, cool place.
After 1,5 months, pour the alcohol tincture into a jar, remove the seeds and pour the plums with honey. We hide the drained liquid in a dark place, and put the plums with honey for 14 days in a dark, cool place and shake the container from time to time.
During this time, you should get a fragrant plum syrup.
After two weeks, carefully drain the syrup through a strainer into a glass container, and fill the plums with vodka and leave to infuse for 3 weeks in the same place.
After three weeks, we drain the vodka and mix it with the alcohol tincture, which we poured at the very beginning, and honey-plum syrup. Having combined all three components, we let it brew for 2 weeks until a sediment appears at the bottom.
Drain the finished tincture from the sediment and filter through a homemade or purchased filter. The drink is stored in the refrigerator or cellar.
Before you start tasting, it is better to let the plum tincture brew for one, and preferably 2 years.
Plum tincture with mint
Instead of mint, you can use lemon balm, and the taste will be softer, but no less fragrant.
Ingredients
Plums – 2 kg
Granulated sugar – 450 g
Food alcohol (40%) – 200 ml
Mint – 5 small sprigs
Method of preparation
Plums must be thoroughly washed, pitted and pureed with a blender or a simple meat grinder.
Plum puree needs to stand for 2-3 hours in a cold place so that the juice stands out. Then squeeze the puree through cheesecloth or grind through a fine strainer. As a result, we get plum juice with pulp.
Now we transfer the resulting mass to a jar, add granulated sugar, alcohol and mint sprigs. Let it brew in a cool dark place for 60 days.
After 2 months, the plum tincture must be filtered through a fine strainer, and then filtered through a homemade or purchased filter. Pour the finished tincture into glass bottles.
Before proceeding with the tasting, it is necessary to withstand the tincture for another 14 days. Plum tincture is stored in the refrigerator or cellar.
Quick plum tincture with orange peel
The preparation of plum tincture according to this recipe will take no more than one week. If desired, orange zest can be substituted for lemon zest.
The strength of the finished product is 34 degrees.
Ingredients
Pitted plums – 1 kg
Granulated sugar – 2 cups
Vodka – 2 l
Orange zest – 3 tsp
Method of preparation
Finely chop the plums and put them in a glass jar.
We remove the zest from the orange, for this you can use a special tool or carefully cut it with a knife.
Important! The zest must be removed without a white layer, otherwise the tincture may be bitter.
Add granulated sugar, vodka and orange zest to the plums in a jar. Let the plum tincture brew in a dark place for 7 days and stir daily
On the eighth day, we filter through a homemade or purchased filter and pour into glass bottles.
Store the finished product in a cool place.
Plum liqueur from dried plums with moonshine
For this recipe, you need moonshine 45%, but it can also be replaced with food alcohol or vodka.
If the plum tincture is too strong, then it can be diluted with apple juice.
Ingredients
Prunes with a stone – 500 g
Granulated sugar – 1 glass
Moonshine – 2 l
Method of preparation
Prunes must be washed under running water.
We put the washed prunes, granulated sugar in a glass jar and fill it with prepared alcohol. We send for 14 days to a dark place for infusion.
After two weeks, the plum tincture is filtered through a home-made or purchased filter and poured into glass bottles.
Store the finished tincture in the refrigerator or cellar.
Plum tincture with spicy aroma on alcohol
Ingredients
Plum – 500 g
Granulated sugar – 250 g
Water – 250 g
Food alcohol (40%) – 500 ml
Cinnamon stick – 0,5 cm
Carnation – 3 pcs.
Method of preparation
Plums must be washed and pitted.
We put prepared fruits in a glass container, add spices and pour prepared alcohol. Let it brew for 10 days in a dark place
After 10 days, prepare a simple sugar syrup.
Let the syrup cool to room temperature, and mix with the tincture. We insist another 1 month in a dark place.
After 30 days, we filter the tincture through a homemade or purchased filter. Pour into glass bottles.
Store plum tincture in a cool place.
PS It is not necessary to throw away the plums preserved in alcohol. They can be used to decorate desserts or as a great accompaniment to meats.
You can store in small glass jars with the remnants of alcohol in which they were infused. Shelf life 1 year when stored in a cool place.
Plum liqueur from dried plums with citric acid
Ingredients
Pitted prunes – 100 g
Granulated sugar – 150 g
Vodka – 500 g
Citric acid – 1/4 tsp
Method of preparation
Prunes must be washed under running water.
We put the washed prunes, granulated sugar, citric acid in a glass container and pour vodka. We send it to a dark place for infusion for 10 days and shake the contents of the container a little every day.
On the 11th day, we filter through a home-made or purchased filter, and rub the prunes through a sieve and squeeze the juice from the cake. Pour plum tincture into glass bottles.
Store the product in a warm place at a temperature of 12 to 18 degrees.
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Relevance: 11.10.2017
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